Prices and arrivals of wheat in Maharashtra

Abstract

The research entitled price behaviour of wheat in Maharashtra was carried out with objective to study the seasonal and cyclical variations in prices and arrivals of Wheat. The present study was based on secondary data consisting of monthly prices and arrival of Wheat collected from five major Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC’s) namely Nagpur, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad and Kopergaon as the arrival of Wheat in this market were highest. The data covered a period of 13 years i.e. 2004 to 2016. The prices of Wheat were higher from the month of July to December in all selected markets. The arrivals were found to be highest from March to June. The highest cyclical prices recorded during the year 2008, 2014 and 2015 in selected markets. The higher cyclical arrivals were recorded during the year 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2016 all the selected markets.